Leopoldius Calceatus (Rondani, 1857) Expanding in Europe (Diptera, Conopidae)

Leopoldius calceatus (Rondani, 1857) expanding in Europe (Diptera, Conopidae)

ELIAS DE BREE

Bree, E. de 2019. Leopoldius calceatus (Rondani, 1857) expanding in Europe (Diptera, Conopidae). Norwegian Journal of Entomology 66, 71–72.

The conopid fly Leopoldius calceatus (Rondani, 1857) is reported new to Scandinavia (Norway) and the Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The species is recently expanding its range in Europe.

Key words: Ichneumonidae, Banchinae, Campopleginae, Cryptinae, Ctenopelmatinae, Ichneumoninae, Tersilochinae, Tryphoninae, Norway, Scandinavia, new records.

Elias de Bree, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]

Introduction based on its colours. L. calceatus’ small yellow bands on the abdomen, it’s black frons with yellow During a visit to Sarajevo’s gondola atop mount on the rest of the top of the head, extensive black Trebvić I caught a Conopid fly of the genus markings on the femora and the dark band in the Leopoldius Rondani, 1843. Closer examination front half of the wing make it easily recognizable. revealed it to be a male Leopoldius calceatus (Rondani, 1857). During a search online for more information about the species, a photo was posted Material examined on the site diptera.info (Figure 1). As this was also new for the fauna of Norway, I decided to include Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo, Mount both the Bosnian and the Norwegian specimen in Trebvić, N43.840917-E18.454268, 10-9-2018, a single paper. leg. et col. E. de Bree. Norway: Telemark, Neslandsvatn, N58.976139-E009.167098, 23-09- 2018, Leg. M. Mjelde, col. ZMUO Identification The find from Bosnia and Herzegovina is the first for the Balkans. At the same time the find in There are seven species of Leopoldius known Norway is the first for Scandinavia. In Europe from Europe (Chvála 1961, Stuke et. al. 2014). the species was known from: Germany, Poland, Leopoldius calceatus is the only Leopoldius former Czechoslovakia, Austria, France, Italy; species identifiable in both sexes by its colouration. and in North Africa known from Tunisia (Chvala The other European species can only be identified & Smith 1988). by examining the theca of the female. L. calceatus is therefore keyed out in Chvála 1961 immediately

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FIGURE 1. Habitus of male Leopoldius calceatus (Rondani, 1857) from Telemark, Norway. Photo: M. Mjelde.

Discussion Refrences

Recently the species seems to be expanding its Bree, E. de, Smit, J.T., Mortelmans, J. 2014. range as it has been found in Belgium (de Bree Blaaskopvliegen van het genus Leopoldius in etal. 2014) and the Netherlands (Smit etal. 2016). de Benelux (Diptera: Conopidae). Nederlandse Its recent addition to the Hungarian checklist Faunistische Mededelingen 43, 55-66. might be because it was overlooked (Sándor Chvála, M. 1961. Czechoslovak species of the subfamily Conopinae (Diptera, Conopidae). 2007). The expansion into Belgium and the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 8: 245-272. Netherlands seems to be real. Both countries have Chvála, M., Smith, K.G.V. 1988. Conopidae.: 245-272. extensive historical entomological collections and In Soos A, Papp L. (ed.): Catalogue of Palaearctic an active community of dipterist during the last Diptera. Vol. 8. century unable to capture the species. Sándor, T. 2007. A Mátra és környékének fejeslégy- Seeing it current distribution Leopoldius faunája (Diptera: Conopidae). Folia Historico calceatus might certainly be found in more Naturalia Musei Matraensis 31, 157-165. European countries. For example Denmark and Smit, J., Raemakers, I., Aussems, R. 2016. Duistere Sweden. But possibly also the United Kingdom wespblaaskop Leopoldius calceatus nu ook in and other countries on the Balkans. Nederland (Diptera: Conopidae). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 43, 55-66. Stuke, J.-H., Clements, D.K., Madjdzadeh S.M., Acknolwedgements. Thanks to Morten Mjelde for letting me use his photo and to Jens-Hermann Stuke for sharing Gharali, B. 2014. Two new synonys in the genus distributional information about Leopoldius calceatus. Leopoldius Rondani (Diptera, Conopidae). Studia Dipterologica 21(1): 41-44.

Received: 2 July 2019 Accepted: 27 August 2019